halidom
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of halidom
before 1000; Middle English; Old English hāligdōm. See holy, -dom
Example Sentences
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By my halidom, Surrey, I am grievously disappointed.
From Windsor Castle by Ainsworth, William Harrison
By my halidom," quoth the young lord of Adenheim, "thou dost thy beauty marvellous injustice.
From The Pilgrims of the Rhine by Lytton, Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron
Halte-là!" interrupted the student, theatrically; "for by my halidom, sirs, I said not a syllable in disparagement of the house yelept Dorée!
From In the Days of My Youth by Edwards, Amelia Ann Blanford
By my halidom, Comrade Gooch, that gentleman whose name you are so shortly to tell us has a very fair idea of how to charge!
From Psmith, Journalist by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)
“By my halidom, thou dost in very truth,” exclaimed her father laughing.
From In Doublet and Hose A Story for Girls by De Land, Clyde Osmer
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